EMOTIONAL tributes have been paid to an 11-year-old boy with a “beautiful smile” who has died after being stabbed in his own home.

Little Patryk Wasko died at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool on Wednesday night after a four-day fight for life.

He was attacked in an incident at Cae Hir, Flint, in which his mum Monika, 29, died of a stab wound to her chest. Dad Rafal, 33, was also knifed, but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

The two deaths have rocked Patryk’s classmates and teachers as well as neighbours and members of the Catholic church the family attended. Yesterday teachers Liz Hammond and Kelly Jones and pupils in class 11 at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Flint, paid him a glowing tribute.

They said: “Patryk was a fantastic, happy caring pupil who was loved by all who met him. He always had a beautiful smile on his face, making those around him smile too.

“He was an exemplary pupil in every way, our No1 man, and we feel thankful and privileged to have taught him and to say he was our friend. He will be very sadly missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

Neighbours yesterday spoke of their sense of bewilderment at the awful violence that visited Cae Hir.

A mound of flowers bearing simple messages of shock and sadness is growing outside the semi detached house where the murders took place.

Jan Stoneley, of nearby Cae Derw, said: “I used to see the boy in the back garden. He was always playing on the trampoline or playing football with his brother. My sympathies go out to the family.”

The Wasko’s immediate neighbours declined to give their names but many yesterday shed tears as the news broke that Patryk had died.

A woman in her 40s said: “Patryk was a lovely lad. He was always playing with children in the street. It’s been a devastating shock.”

At St Mary’s Catholic Church in the centre of Flint, parish priest Father Adrian Wilcock said a special mass in Polish and English will be held on Sunday at 6.30pm.

He added: “The whole community of Flint has been keeping vigil alongside the Wasko family. There are no words to describe how everyone feels. The community is in shock and bewildered about what has happened. Our hearts go out to Mr Wasko and his whole family and the Polish community.

“Mrs Wasko was a loving wife and mother and respected by many in the town. Patryk was a wonderful boy full of life and energy and he had his whole life ahead of him.

“We remember especially Rafal and his younger son who need our support now more than ever.”

Staff at the Sklep Polski on Holywell Road have begun fundraising for the stricken family.

Krystian Krzystof Rozek, 27, a lodger at Cae Hir, will appear for a preliminary hearing at Mold Crown Court today charged with murder.